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Backlist: What I'm reading: Bounce

July 7, 2025

What does it take to become an expert? And what can the Computing teacher do about it?

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Back Catalogue, Backlist, On this day Tags Books, review, reviews, book review, book reviews, Matthew Syed
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A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps

June 26, 2025

Some of these stories are so richly told, it can almost seem as though you’re right there with him.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags English, Talese, New Journalism, reviews
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Review: Pen Names

June 26, 2025

OK, so this has nothing to do with education technology, but we all read (I hope!). A very interesting examination of the pen names some authors have adopted, and why.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags pen names, English, reviews, books, authors

Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

June 26, 2025

There's a really interesting section in this book about how ceramic storage of data and information is probably the most likely medium to stand the test of time.

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In Bookshelf, History, Reviews Tags reviews, library, ancient library, Mesopotamia, history
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A book review for your biology colleagues perhaps

June 26, 2025

The subject under discussion here is how human physiology has developed in different ways, in response to different conditions around the world.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, biology, anthropology
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The history of news is not simply the history of printing inventions

June 24, 2025

A few hundred years ago editors were more like collators. They would gather together bnits and pieces of news from various sources and writers and produce a pamphlet.

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In Bookshelf, Quick Looks Tags news, reviews, quick looks
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Review: Social Media for Academics

June 6, 2025

This book is very readable, and if I sound surprised that is because it’s not always true of academics!

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags social media, academia, reviews
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Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too

May 29, 2025

Despite the relative paucity of immediately obvious National Curriculum links, teachers will find several of sections of this book to be highly engaging.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags Game Changers, reviews, PSHE, games
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Review: The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History

May 29, 2025

In some respects one could view this book as a single warning repeated 64 times.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, history, dicttors
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Review: The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street 

May 28, 2025

Taking readers from the Middle Ages to (more or less) the present day, Gray charts how the places where we do our shopping and what we buy have changed over the centuries.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags history, the bookshop, reviews

Review: Extraordinary Learning For All

May 28, 2025

As a source of potential ideas and inspiration, the book could be very useful indeed.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags Reviews, Extraordinary Learning for All
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Review: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

May 20, 2025

One has the impression that the main role of the university these days is to maximise profit, while that of the majority of teaching staff is to ensure the ‘correct’ views are passed on to students. All the while, students’ main concern seems to be to seek protection from anything that might make them feel unsafe.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, Bad Education, Matt Goodwin, SchoolsWeek
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Review: Next Practices - An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers

May 12, 2025

Is a 2014 book on managing the computing provision in a school still worth buying?

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In Back Catalogue, Bookshelf, Diary, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Reviews Tags network management, reviews
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Still relevant (sadly): How to lie with statistics, by Darrell Huff

May 4, 2025

Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.

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In Bookshelf, Professional development, Reviews Tags book reviews, book review, How to lie with statistics, Darrell Huff
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Quick looks: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

May 4, 2025

It was a great source of pride to me, getting hundreds of students through their A levels and encouraging them to go to university. But for some time I have asked myself a question: would I recommend this route now?

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In Bookshelf, Quick Looks, Reviews Tags reviews, Bad Education, Goodwin, SchoolsWeek, quick looks
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Review: The Bright Side: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World

April 23, 2025

At first glance, you might take this to be one of those books full of affirmations and anecdotes designed to lift your mood.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, Bright Side, optimism
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Review: Small Habits Create Big Change: Strategies to Avoid Burnout and Thrive in Your Education Career

April 23, 2025

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, Small Habits
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Review: Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing

April 23, 2025

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it is a little more detailed.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, Productive Failure
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Review: AI Snake Oil: AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

April 23, 2025

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail.

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In AI, Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, AI Snake Oil, artificial intelligence

A Town Without Time

We all need a break from work, so why not curl up with a good book?

March 20, 2025

This is a great boook, full of interesting and wonderfully-written stories, and the publisher has made a copy available to win as a prize.

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In Bookshelf Tags prize, Talese, leisure
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Backlist: The Written World
Backlist: The Written World

Writing was invented ‘only’ a few thousand years ago. It’s a fascinating story.

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Backlist: What I'm reading: Bounce
Backlist: What I'm reading: Bounce

What does it take to become an expert? And what can the Computing teacher do about it?

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Backlist: The Fourth Education Revolution
Backlist: The Fourth Education Revolution

The title of this book invites curiosity: what were the other three ‘revolutions?

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A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps
A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps

Some of these stories are so richly told, it can almost seem as though you’re right there with him.

Read More →
Review: Pen Names
Review: Pen Names

OK, so this has nothing to do with education technology, but we all read (I hope!). A very interesting examination of the pen names some authors have adopted, and why.

Read More →
Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History
Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

There's a really interesting section in this book about how ceramic storage of data and information is probably the most likely medium to stand the test of time.

Read More →
A book review for your biology colleagues perhaps
A book review for your biology colleagues perhaps

The subject under discussion here is how human physiology has developed in different ways, in response to different conditions around the world.

Read More →
Review: Social Media for Academics
Review: Social Media for Academics

This book is very readable, and if I sound surprised that is because it’s not always true of academics!

Read More →
Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example
Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example

For the time being, this book is free in Kindle format.

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Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too

Despite the relative paucity of immediately obvious National Curriculum links, teachers will find several of sections of this book to be highly engaging.

Read More →
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